The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-01-12
FARM NO rES.


wheat has been thrown up by the frost.
The best way to induce hens to lay at this
season is to provide them with warm quarters
and feed meat three or four times per week.
Turkeys and guineas should not be allowed
TO roost in the tree-tops, or the result will be
Toup, which is contagious, ali the fowls of
the barnyard being subject to it.
Ryem may be pastured whenever the weather
permits, but care should be taken not to
turn on the stock at time when the ground
is soft or so as TO trample the field too much.
France insists on the light or pig grade.
England takes her ham, bacon and pork of
medium and heavy mixed, while Germany
wants the whole hog OF nothing" She buys
the heavy part.
Don't forget or neglect to put your farm
roads in good repair before it is too late. You
will save more than the whole cost Of the job
in a week when you need good track in the
busy spIingtime.
A musty cellar is death to milk or cream,
but it seems impossible 20 pound it into the
heads Of some people. More butter is ruined
by bad cellars and caves than from any other
cause on the farm.
There Is no use Of a chick or hen having
the espes for tYenty-fOur hours. A few drops
OF camphor and water down the throat is
sure cure. / never knew q second dose 70
fsil.-Cor. Poultry Keeper.
The very best mulch for tender garden
plants is forest leaves and quite independent
of their value as a winter protection they
are worth al the cost or gathering and draw
ing for their beneficial action on the soil.
Beef may be smoked or corned at this
season with but little difficulty, aud the
farmer who raises steer for his own use
annually will be provided with better quail
ity OF meat than il he depended upon the
pork barrel.
A compost heap is rather unsightly, but if
placed in the back yard or behind the barn
it will not annoy any one. Refuse matter
should be thrown on this heap. All will help
make valuable pile of manure, which can be
utilized in the spring.
Modern farming is more and more becom-
ing a race for the survival of the ittest."
The poor farmer must "go." The good
farmer only will be able to hold out against
competition. It is rule that is applicable
to all branches of industry.
The nearer the freezing point the cellar can
be maintained without actually endaogering
the stored fruit, the better for apples. Heat
and light do more damage than cold. Al
ternate freezing and thawing will soon de-
stroy fruit or vegetables.
A old strawberry patch plowed under
gives excellent returns in succeeding crops OF
gram, vegetables CT fruits. This is owing
largely to the fact that the strawberry ground
is pretty well fertilZed, also to the mass oil
roots and foliage turned under to rot.
Thus it has double manuring.
When the flesh of leg OF mutton shrinks
back in cooking, leaving the end of the bone
stick out an inch or 50, it is sure sign that
the animal was not properly fed. The only
good meat OF any kind is that which was
made from good feed and plenty of it.
Shrinking meat is too full of water. Good
meat is Juicy and bears well against heat.
Flabby, watery meat always shrinks.
The fattening value of grains depends
| largely upon the free oil or fat contained in
| them, with their sugar, starch, etc. One per
cent. of oil is considered equal to more than
per cent. of sugar and starch. At these
estimates nxty-nlne pounds OF corn equal
seventy eight pounds of barley, but the bar
| ley is richer in albuminoids, and is therefore
more valuable than corn for the develop
ment OF flesh.
An oblong figure, as long again al wide, is
the most profitable shape for garden, as the
rows are equally long and less time is taken
same should be in proportion to the num-
Der of the family, bearing in mind the fact
| that one-fourth OF an acre, well manfred
and cultivated, will produce more aud better
vegetables than whole acre not so well at
| tended to.
The following iteId comes from the Illinois
| Horticultural Society: Upon the subject OF
pruning peach trees, Mr.. X. A.. Riehl favored
keeping frees well cut back and opened PIP